Camille Pissarro

Julie Pissarro (the artist's wife)
Georges Manzana-Pissarro (the artist's son, a gift from the above
in 1921)
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 16, 1929, lot 100
Mme Stern (acquired at the above sale and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 20-21, 1932, lot 32)
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 17, 1989, lot 72
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 25, 1990, lot 18
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, December 4, 1995, lot 21
Private European Collection (and sold: Christie's, London, June 21, 2006, lot 243)
Acquired at the above sale

Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro & Lionello Venturi, Camille Pissarro, Son art - son oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1939, no. 942, illustrated p. 190
Joachim Pissarro & Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro, Catalogue critique des peintures, vol. III, Paris, 2005, no. 1110, illustrated p. 700

Canvas is not lined and has never been removed from original stretcher. Under UV light: varnish fluoresces but all pigments appear original. No inpainting is apparent. Work is in excellent condition.
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Fig. 1, Julie and Camille Pissarro, montage of two photographs, Lionel and Sandrine Pissarro archives